Melrose v Ayr BT Premiership Preview

Ayr RFC return to action this weekend with an away trip to the Greenyards to face current BT Premiership leaders Melrose.

The two sides are more than familiar with each other having clashed four times over the course of 2017. The most notable of the encounters was on the 15th of April where the two sides met at the Greenyards in the BT Premiership final. A gritty affair, neither side gave an inch on defence and the game went down to the wire. Ayr managed to hold onto a four point lead come crunch time, with a stolen line-out on our own five metres by Scott Sutherland securing a 12-8 victory.

The 2017/18 season so far has
gone in Melrose's favour, with the borders side yet to drop a point in 12 matches.

Ayr will take great confidence in some of their players returning from injury, with David Armstrong and Frazier Climo back in the starting line-up after time on the sidelines. George Hunter also returns and finds himself on the bench for Saturday's clash.